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PEOPLE& EVENTS
ACT
JUNE 2014
2014
Crane Rental
Association of Canada
June 4-7, 2014
Whistler, BC, Canada
APEX and IRE
June 24-26, 2014
Amsterdam, TheNetherlands
SC&RACrane and
RiggingWorkshop
September 24-26, 2014
Dallas, TX
WorldCrane&
Transport Summit
November 12-13, 2014
Miami, FL
Barnhart to be keynote
speaker atWC&TS
AlanBarnhart, president,
BarnhartCrane&Rigging,
will be the keynote speaker at
theWorldCrane&Transport
Summit inMiami,Nov. 12-13.
Barnhart, who is also
president of the Specialized
Carriers andRigging
Association, will talk about
his career leadingone of the
largest and fastest growing
crane and lifting companies in
NorthAmerica.
More than adozenother
speakers have alsobeen
confirmed for the conference,
including:
■
Edoardo Ascione
(president/
CEO -Americas, Fagioli)
■
Ted Redmond
(CEO,NCSG
CraneRental&HeavyHaul
Services)
■
Scott Bragg
(vicepresident,
BraggCompanies)
■
David Rodrigues
(CEO,
MakroEngenharia)
■
Bill Stramer
(vicepresident,
marketing, sales and
customer support, Link-
Belt)
■
Keith Anderson
(chief
rigging engineer, Bechtel)
■
Joseph Collins
(heavy
liftmanager, Becht
Engineering)
■
Rodney Rather
(vice
president, ALE)
The full provisional line-
up and the online booking
page canbe foundon the
conferencewebsite:
The conference, which
takes place at theBiltmore
Hotel, starts the afternoon
ofWednesday,Nov. 12 and
concludes on the eveningof
Thursday,Nov. 13with a gala
dinner.
Topics coveredwill include
a roundtable sessionon lifting
and transport in the oil and
gas and energymarkets; new
research into the impact of
energy investments in the
construction equipment
sector; operator training and
safety; andproject reports,
such as theworld’s largest ever
topside loadout byALE.
The conference is organized
byKHLGroup,
American
Cranes&Transport
and
International Cranes and
SpecializedTransport.
EVENTSDIARY
■
Cummings Inc. announced
that
Jeff Jones
, vice
president of North American
engine business and
marketing communications,
will retire from the company
at the end of June. Jones
began his career as an
application engineer at GM
before joining Cummins in
1997.
AmyBoerger
and
Lori Thompson
will take over
for Jones. Boerger joined
Cummins in 1984, holding
a number of titles, most
recently general manager of
field sales and support. She’ll
take charge of the leadership
of the North American engine
business, while Thompson,
who began her career with
Cummins in 1979, will
become vice president of
engine businessmarketing.
■
Florida Crane Owners
Council awarded three
service awards during their
April membershipmeeting
in Boca Raton, which was
held in conjunction with the
SC&RA Annual Conference.
The three former executive
board committeemembers
receiving the awards were
Janet Conner
, vice president,
DC Crane Service;
John
Dewhurst
, general manager,
Hunter Crane andMerchant
Transport & Rigging; and
MarthaKirby
, vice president,
Crane Rental Corporation.
■
KenMulryan
of Dawes
Rigging & Crane Rental was
named Engineer of the Year
by the International Union of
Operating Engineers, Local
139, District D. Mulryan
joined Local 139 in 1986
as a crane operator and
has become known for his
mentoring activities.
■
SC&RA’s2014Membership
Directory
is now available.
Free copies weremailed
tomembers inMay. To
purchase additional copies
please visit
org.
HIGHLIGHTS
Boom truck pioneer
Ray Pitman dies
Raymond FloydPitman, Sr., 89, who is known for developing the
cherry picker crane, boom trucks and other equipment, passed
away onMay 7, 2014. Born inWebbCity,MO, Pitman spentmost
of his childhood in St. Joseph,MO. After high school heworked in
theKansaswheat fields before being drafted into theU.S. Army.
He proudly served inWorldWar II in the SouthPacific Theater
with the873rd Engineer AviationBattalion. In theArmy he learned
about hydraulics, which led to his life-long passion for designing and
manufacturing construction and utility equipment.
After theArmy, he foundedPitmanConstruction, which specialized
in underground utilitywork. As the company grew, he started
designing and building equipment. He and his team at Pitman
Manufacturing designed the cherry picker crane, boom trucks,
fire trucks and utility trucks. Pitman had several patents, and he
started several companies, includingROCorporation andPioneer
Engineering. In1993, on the100th anniversary of the Equipment
Manufacturers Institute, Pitmanwas honored as one of the
100most significant contributors to themechanization of the
construction and agriculture industries.
“The industry has lost a true pioneer and innovatorwho embodied
whywe call his theGreatest Generation,” saidRonDeFeo, CEO of
Terex Corporation. “Ray’s legacy
will live on in the equipment he
designed and built.”
PitmanmarriedBetty Jean
Bodwell shortly after his return
fromWWII; theyweremarried
for over 60 years. He is
survived by hiswife Susannah,
six children, 14 grandchildren
and several great grandchildren.
